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State v. Guthrie

Supreme Court of Florida
May 1, 1997
692 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 1997)

Opinion

No. 87,331.

Opinion filed May 1, 1997.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict of Decisions Second District — Case No. 94-03721 (Manatee County)

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida; and Earl Moreland, State Attorney and Peter J. Lombardo, Assistant State Attorney, Sarasota, Florida, for Petitioner

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Kevin Briggs, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Respondent.


We have for review the opinion in State v. Guthrie, 666 So.2d 562 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), which certified conflict with the opinion in Sapp v. State, 660 So.2d 1146 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

This Court recently approved Sapp and held that an accused may not effectively invoke the right to counsel under the Fifth Amendment of the federal constitution or article I, section 9 of the Florida Constitution until custodial interrogation has begun or is imminent. Sapp v. State, 22 Fla. L. Weekly S115 (Fla. March 10, 1997). We therefore quash the decision of the district court below and remand for further proceedings.

It is so ordered.

OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur.

KOGAN, C.J., and SHAW and ANSTEAD, JJ., dissent.


Summaries of

State v. Guthrie

Supreme Court of Florida
May 1, 1997
692 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 1997)
Case details for

State v. Guthrie

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, vs. STEVE GUTHERIE, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 1, 1997

Citations

692 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 1997)

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